South Korea's Hanwha Group has signed an agreement to take over Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, Daewoo Shipbuilding said in a regulatory filing on Friday. The deal comes after the two parties signed a tentative agreement in September in which affiliates of Hanwha Group…
Offshore drilling rig owner Aquadrill said Thursday it had extended a charter-hire deal with drilling firm Diamond Offshore for its Vela drillship.The Vela drillship will be provided to an end client in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico for a 150-day drilling contract as part of the extension…
Norwegian oil firm Aker BP and its partners will invest more than 200 billion crowns ($20.5 billion) to develop several oil and gas fields off Norway in the coming years, the company said on Friday. Aker BP and other oil firms working off Norway…
Brazilian state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA is struggling to get a license that it needs to drill the ultra-deep waters of the Foz do Rio Amazonas Basin this year as planned, a source close to the matter told Reuters on Thursday. Petrobras…
Shipbuilder Marco Polo Marine's Taiwan-based subsidiary, PKR Offshore, has signed a deal with wind turbine maker Vestas Taiwan Co., Ltd, for the maiden deployment of its new Commissioning Service Operations Vessel (CSOV).The new CSOV, which will be able to accommodate up to 110 persons…
The Höegh Esperanza floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU), for Germany's first LNG terminal, has arrived in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, Uniper has informed.'The arrival of the FSRU marks an important milestone shortly before the opening of Germany's first LNG terminal on December 17…
Brazilian power company Eletrobras and Shell have signed a cooperation agreement to exchange information as they mull a potential co-investment in offshore wind power in the South American country, Eletrobras said on Thursday.The move marks another step for Shell in the sector in Brazil…
The Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has brought online the second phase of the giant Johan Sverdrup oil field in the North Sea, off Norway. Production started at 11:15 a.m. local time, on Wednesday, December 15.At plateau, the Johan Sverdrup field will produce 720…
A British offshore oil worker in Qatar murdered a coworker on an offshore oil rig, hid the body, and tried to kill another coworker on Monday, the British media reported.The Mirror initially reported that all three workers are from Scotland and employees of Stapem Offshore…
Canada-based energy company Northland Power Inc. has signed a deal to sell 49% of its interest in the Hai Long offshore wind project in Taiwan to Gentari.Upon closing, the transaction will result in Gentari holding a 29.4% indirect equity interest in the project…
Italian energy industry services company Saipem has secured offshore oil and gas field construction contracts in Guyana and Egypt worth about $1.2 billion in total.In Guyana, the U.S. oil major ExxonMobil has hired Saipem to support its Uaru offshore oil field development project…
Austrian company OMV appointed Berislav Gašo (48) as the new Executive Board Member responsible for its Energy segment. Gašo has accepted the appointment. He will assume the position with effect from March 1, 2023. The appointment spans a three-year period…
BP has awarded the offshore drilling company Noble Corp. a one-year drilling and plugging & abandonment services contract in the UK sector of the North Sea. The contract, for which Noble Corp. will deploy the ultra-harsh environment Noble Innovator (ex-Maersk Innovator) jack-up rig…
Israel's energy ministry on Tuesday announced the launch of the fourth bidding round for gas exploration rights in Israeli waters.As part of the fourth offshore exploration bidding round, four groups of exploration licenses (Zones) will be offered…
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) said Wednesday it had been allocated 500–600 MW of capacity in the first round of Taiwan’s Round 3 Zonal Development offshore wind auction.'On December 14, 2022, it was announced that CI IV’s [a CIP subsidiary] Fengmiao offshore wind project…
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